Button.



' No. 7I2,080. v Patented Oct. 28, I902. J. M. MARKS.

BUTTON.

(Application filed July 18, 1901.)

(No Model.)

4 I i vEA/fron,

THE Ncmms runs (:0. Puorouma. wAsHmnYoN, o. c.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. MARKS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent NO. 712,080, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed July 18,1901. Serial 110.6%,723. (110 model.)

T0 or whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN M. MARKS, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Butt0ns,of which the following is a specification.

The main object of my invention is to provide an improved form of clasp-button suitable to be employed as a garment-fastener. I accomplish this object by the device shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a stud-button having a socket in its base. Fig. 2 is avertical section of a similar stud-button having a resilient head adapted to be snapped into the socket of the button shown in Fig. 1 and having immediately below said head an annular shoulder of larger diameter than said head. Fig. 3 is an elevation, partly broken away, showing the two buttons united.

In the form shown my invention is constructed as follows: A tubular shank l is spun out to larger. diameter at its ends, as shown in Fig. 1, capped at one end with a flanged piece to form a head 2 and at the other end with a piece forming the base 3. In the center of the base 3 is a circular aperture 4 having its edges curled backwardly upon themselves to stiffen the mouth of said aperture. The shank is so formed that the greater diameter than said apertuige. A ring space 5 near the aperture 4 is of considerably 6 serves to support the mouth of the aperture t and adds to its rigidity. A second shank 7 is spun similarly to the shank 1, having the base 8, similar to the base 3, but omitting the aperture, and having mounted at its other end the cap 9. The cap 9 consists of the resilient head 10, neck 11 of smaller diameter than said head, and a shoulder 12 of larger diameter than said head. The head 10 is provided with the slots 13 for increasing its resilience and is reinforced by the spiral spring 14. The diameter of the head 10 is slightly larger than that of the mouth 4 of the socket in the base 3 and is adapted byits resilience to snap into said-socket.

When used as a cuff-holder, my device is applied as follows: The stud 1 is buttoned into the cuff, the base portion 3 being inward. The stud-button 7 is buttoned into the shirtsleeve in the usual manner. The cuff may now be secured to the sleeve by simply snapping the head 10 of the sleeve-button into the socket a of the cuff-button. The head 10 will pass in the space 5, and the base 3 will rest firmly on the shoulder 12. It will be seen that the buttons can only be separated by a direct pull along the line of the shanks 1 and 7. Relative tilting of the two shanks will be prevented, because the lips of the aperture 4 will be seated about the narrow neck 11 and held there by the resilient head 10, while the base is borne by the shoulders 12. I am aware that the connection of two stud-buttons by a head grasped by a resilient socket .is old; but I believe that I am the first to provide means for preventing the relative tilting of the shanks of said buttons, and thereby preventing the accidental separation of said head and socket.

It will be seen that some of the details of my device may be altered without departing from the spirit of my invention. I therefore do not confine myself to such details except as hereinafter limited in the claims.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of a stud-button comprisinga tubular shank having flared ends, a flanged cap on the upper end of said shank,

abase carried by the other end of the shank 1 having its ends flanged and bent to embrace the said lower end of the shank, said base having a central circular aperture with the edges of the base formed by said aperture curled backwardly upon themselves, a ring interposed between said base and the lower end of the shank and engaged by said curled edges of the base, and a second stud-button comprising a tubular shank carrying an imperforate base, and a cap comprising a resilient slotted head extended to form a neck of less diameter than the head, with a spring interposed between the upper end of the head and said neck,the neck being extended to form a shoulder, the ends of the cap being curled inwardly to embrace the upper'end of the ICO tween the head and shoulder, a second studtween the flared lower end of the shank and 10 button comprising a tubular shank the ends the said curled portion of the base, substanof which are flared, a flanged cap carried by tially as described. the upper end of the shank, a base having Signed at Chicago this 16th day of July, 5 its ends bent inwardly to embrace the lower 1901.

end of the shank, said base having acentral JOHN M. MARKS. aperture therein with the edges of the base Witnesses: formed by the aperture curled backwardly EUGENE A. RUMMLER,

upon themselves, and a ring interposed be- GLEN C. STEPHENS. 

